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23 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
UK government rejects reports of Russia firing "warning shots" to force a British destroyer from waters near Crimea in the Black Sea.

MoD says the Russians were undertaking a "gunnery exercise" and had given prior-warning of their activity.

No bombs dropped either, it adds.
Coincidentally, the UK has just signed a deal with Ukraine to supply them with missiles and other armaments. The agreement includes the creation of a new naval base on the Black Sea as the primary fleet base for Ukraine and a new base on the Sea of Azov.

gov.uk/government/new…
The deal was signed by UK and Ukrainian ministers onboard of the HMS Defender. The British destroyer was in Odesa as part of the Carrier Strike Group deployment. Its final destination is the Indo-Pacific, at risk of antagonizing China.
The info, as reported by AP and attributed to the Russian defense ministry, was that a Russian warship had fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs Wednesday to force a British destroyer from waters near Crimea in the Black Sea.
apnews.com/article/russia…

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This is not going to go down well north of the border:

Authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should inform the UK government about their interactions with the EU, Cabinet Office Minister David Frost told the devolved administrations.

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Frost wrote it would be “appropriate for devolved administrations to keep the UK Government informed about both the fact and content of significant (Ministerial or senior official) contacts with the EU institutions or Member States.”
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Latest scoop in the row over participation of associated countries in #HorizonEurope:
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pro.politico.eu/news/germany-d…
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Setting those conditions would also mean not all countries associated to Horizon Europe would enjoy the same level of access — a principle Germany and Denmark believe the EU should hold. “We especially embrace the point … that we should treat all Associated States as equals.”
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- "It threatens to embolden autocratic regimes that violate international law with devastating consequences all over the world."
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